THE GATE CITY JOURNAL
GATE CITY JOURNAL
that was obscure and confusing
becomes clear.
riMty
Oregon. by
FACT VS. ASSUMPTION
(t will bs noted that Mr. Mac-
Lafferty’8 entire argument in
support of the claim that Moses
was the author of the first five
books of the Bible is based upon
the assumption that Christ and
the apostles were correct in
ascribing the autheship or these
oooks to Mores; thet is, he uses
one part of the Bible to prove
another part.
Published
«vary
a
F. BROWN
E ntered s t the P ostotfles a t ¿fossa
'H ero n , as saeond-d&kj uiaiJ M atte
SU B SC R IPTIO N R A T E S :
One year, in advance......... ......... $ 1 . 6 «
K it m onths, in advance.............. .71
Officers County P. T. A.
Mrs. M. M. G reeling, N yssa, Pres.
Mrs. Ralph H aw orth, W ade, Viet
P re sid e n t.
Mrs. F. C. F ry , O regon T rail, Sec
Miss C a th e rin e V, Conway, O ntsrio,
P ress C hairm an,
s :: City Dray Line j
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THE
Opposed to this assump
tion is the FACT that Biblical
reserch has proved by the
books themselves that Mrses
:ou!d not be their author. \> e
will give but two illustrations
outof many to show that this is
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CAN THIS BE TRUE?
so .
In last week’s issue we asked
In Genesis 14 is an account of
CAST OF CHARACTERS
for information regarding the
u
Abraham
pursuing the kings
w
reasons for holding that Moses
Ja c k W rig h t....................... M arjo C ow ins
■
unto
Dan.
According
to
Bible
was the author of the first five
u
Mrs. W right, J a c k ’« M other_____
T h e M utual Life In su ran ce Com
books of tne Bible, Sinee then jhronology the city of Dan was
---------------------------------
C
ora
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llio
tt
pany of New York has a record of
•ailed
Laish
until
its
capture
by
the New Standard Bible Diction
" F o x e y ” Peyton, Ja c k '« chnm ___
EIGHTY TkVO Y EARS ot prosperous
ary, the second edition of which the Danites 331 years after the
and successful business. I t has c a s s e i
----------------------------- G eorge D ayton
leath
of
Moses
Anyone
writing
through p anics, p e stile n ce s and w ars
is just off the press, has come t<
Mr« Peyton, " F o x e y ’» " m oth r._
unharm ed and today, as a re su lt of
........................ ...V ir g in ia Thompson
hand and discusses this questior >f the city before that time
e ig h t decades of endeavor, otters fi
H elene H eyer, Mr«. P eyton'« niece
quite fully and comprehensively would have referred to it as
nancial stre n g th , re p u t'^ jo n , m ag n i
Laish.
tud«3, leadership, and life insurance
--------------------------V erna T a m p i o n
This dictionary is edited by
rcrvice.
In Genesis 36th chapter there is
S tev en s, the chauffeur .M ax G il fcrist
Melancthon W. Jacobus, D. D
J. R. HUNTER.
Lizzie R oberts, Mr«, P e y to n ’s com*
Dean, and Hssmer Professor of given a list of kings that reigned
Agent, Nyssa, O
p an io n -----------------------Dovia G reen
in
Edom
‘‘before
there
reigned
the New Testament Exegeeie
H.-dwig Je n se n , a m asseu se______
my
king
over
the
children
of
and Criticism in Hartford Theo
---------------------------------- R ita Beam
Israel.” The first king of Israel
H am ilton, the b u tle r..R o b t Thom pson
logical Seminary; Edward
D rs R. P. and P e a rl M. B radford,
Act I L iving room o f tha W rig h t’s,
Nourse, D. D , Professor of was Saul, who reigned about
licensed in Oregon and Iduho. C arver
in th e
basem ent of a house on
150
years
after
Moses
died.
g
ra
u u ates C o nsultation and exam in-
Biblical Theology, and Instruc
T w etth stre e t.
jg ation free. Twelve y ears successful
vVould
Moses
be
apt
to
write
tor of New Testament Canonic
— practice in the sta te . F irs t d oor w est
A ct II. " F o x e v ’s ” den.
of bank, Nyss», O regon.
ity and Textual Criticism in ibout the kings of Israel aft»r
A c t III. Mrs. P e y to n ’s lib ra ry .
Hartford Theological Seminary he had been dead that length of
Foi Sale
and Andrew C. Zenos, D. D time?
IZ S * "
Also, was it customary in
Five thoroughbred m ale airdale
Dean, and Professor of Biblical
pups, f5 each J. A Cole, N yesa, Oi.
Theology, in McCormick Theo Moses’ time for people to writei *=
the
account
of
their
own
death
logical Seminary, Chicago. These
NOTICE.
men are all eminent in their and burial?
In th e C ounty C ourt o f th e S ta te of
lines and probably represent the
Oregon, for the C ounty of M alheur.
The last of the prosecutions
religious thought of the day as
In th e M a tte r o f th e E s ta te of E lla
W. O t e, Deceased.
nearly as the many antagonistic against Burton K. Wheeler has
Knowledge and Practice of the
been dismissed, and unless an
N otice is H ereby Given th a t S M.
beliefs will permit.
B lodgett, th e duly appointed, qualified
By . d . h . O t i s .
Rules of Health Greatest
According to this authority appeal is taken in the last case,
and acting a d m in istra to r of tha e s ta te
dismissed
this
week,
the
senator
A gricultural D irector, Am erican B ankers A ssociation
Need.
Genesis is a composite work
of E lla W. O tis, deceased, has r e n
Whenever bankers desire to promote actively agricultural
made up of three aeparate and is free from legal entanglements.
dered and presented bis final account
distinct naratives, which are These prosecutions were started improvement in their communities, the state agricultural colleges jn 1924, 693 Oregon people died of the ad m in istta ion of ssid e s ta te
stand ready to show them the way and to give w ith tuberculosis. B est estim ates in and p e titio n for d ietrib u tio n , and fo r
easily distinguishable, and which in 1924 and are generally be
expert assistance. The purpose of this article is dicate th a t probably 5000 a re afflicted discharge of such a d m in istra to r, and
continue on down to Deuteron lieved to have been instigated
to illustrate the way in which the colleges are w ith the disease. Careful studies show th a t Monday, the 18th day of J a n u a ry ,
omy. These three naratives were by the then attorney general.
getting in contact with the banks, and the kind of . th4t between th e ages of 16 and 40, 1926, a t the hour of eleven o ’clock in
taken in hand by soma unknown H. M. Daugherty, as a punish
assistance they render.
I whlcb
may b9 c,1,ed tbe be8t yeara th e forenoon of said day,in the County
life, more O regonians die of tuber
As soon as the college has a list of the banks of
writer who, by a process of com ment for Mr. Wheeler’s activity
culosis than from any o th er cause of C ourt room in th e court house a t Vale,
in the state desiring to adopt plans to aid agricul d eath and th e sam e Is true through M alheur C ounty, O regon, has been
bining the these three naratives, n investigating the alleged
ture as indicated by project blanks sent out to all out the U nited S tates as a whole. All appointed and fixed by the Ju d g e of
regularities
of
tha
attorney
which consist in large part of
the banks in the state, by the State Bankers Asso th is Is In spite of the ta c t tuberculosis said c o u n ty c o u rt in an order m ade
current myths and legends, has genera.’s office.
ciation Agricultural Committee, it gives practical Is known to be preventable and cure- and e n te red by e n d Ju d g e on the 14th
produced the first six books of
suggestions to each banker on the list as to what able.
day o f D ecem ber, 1925, as th e tim e
D. H. Otla
We are still awaiting the an
he can do to stimulate, organize, and conduct the
"W e know enough about tubercu -<nd place any and ail persons in te re s t
the modern Bible The date at
losis to scotch It within a generation. ed in said e s ta te m ay a p p e a r and ob
In th e p a rticu la r project he has
which this editing was done is swer to our query as to where work
»elected. T hen eith er a d ep artm ent
are the more valuable It Is not lack of knowledge, it is lack je c t to said account, and co n te st the
placed during or shortly after Elijah went if he didn’t go to specialist from the college or the suggestions
they are to the banker. Follow ing ar« of application of knowledge th a t Im sam e; and all persons concerned th ere -
pedes our progress.’’ T hese w ere the n a re fu rth e r notified to be p re sen t
the Babylonian exile, which neaven, as he couldn’t have done county ag en t gets in personal touch sam ples of such project outlines:
w ords of Dr. Allen K. K rause, leading
w ith the banker to a ssist him In an
and show cause, if any t h ’ re be, why
would seem to effectually dis f John 8:13 be true. Also how advisory
Farm
Accounts
Project
A m erican au th o rity on tuberculosis,
capacity.
Isaiah
came
to
make
such
a
bad
1.
B
a
n
k
er
ca
n
s
e
le
c
t
g
ro
u
p
o
f
farm
er«
pose of the claim of Moses’
Sam ples of the project outltnes are w h o ca n and shou ld u n d er ta k e th e work w hen he visited Oregon last summer. ssid account and re p o rt shou d not be
H e also pointed out th a t th e knowl approved, se ttle d and allowed, and the
authorship, as he died 800 or a guess a3 to result of the battle gtven below to illustrate the details o f fa rm a c c o u n ts.
2 . A rra n g e w ith c o u n ty a g e n t or s p e edge which m akes physicians confi undersigned discharged as such adm in
oetween
Ahas
on
one
side
and
of the procedure the college tak e s In
1000 years previous to that time.
c ia lis t from a g r ic u ltu r a l c o lle g e for first
E. M BLODGETT,
accom plishing Its plan.
m e e tin g o f th e g ro u p and s e le c t an dently a sse rt th a t “tuberculosis Is pre istra to r.
a c c o u n t book.
As to the historical value of Bekah and Rezen on the other
ventable and cu reable” I3 not knowl A dm islrator o f th e E s ta te of E lla W.
College
Provides
Expert
Advisers
3. A ss is t in d iv id u a ls a t th eir req u est
And
what
grounds
the
writer
of
Genesis, this authority says:
O tis, Deceased.
In counties with no county agent a w ith in fo rm a tio n r e la t iv e to e n te r in g a c edge regarding m edicines or tre a t
Matthew’s gospel had for claim list of the banks desiring to c arry on c o 4. u n A ts ct a a n s d or o th s e er le c d t a le ta a d p e roperly.
m en ts th a t can be called "specific F irst p u b lication D ecem ber 18, 1625.
" W e cannot go to G ened«, chapter
r for th e group.
mg Isaiah 7 containec a prophecy a project Is sent to a specialist at the 6. A s s is t In c h e c k in g In v e n to r ies a s a cures.” It la know edge regarding the L ast publication Ja n u a ry 15, 1121.
1 , fo r o a r coim ogony wr our geology
sta te college, according to the project m e a n s o f s e c u r in g in d iv id u a l fin a n cia l fundam ental rules of healthy living.
W e canno t go to Gene« », chapter« 2 - 3 , of a coming Messiah. If these listed. For Instance, the banks desir s t a t e m e n t a t c lo se o f th e yea r.
It Is disregard of the rules of healthy
fo r th a lite ral fact« o f th e origin or juestions are answered satisfac
Boys’ and G irls’ Club W ork
ing to carry on the farm accounts
living th a t perm its tuberculosis to con
N O TICE FO R PU B LIC A TIO N
m an, or of avil. N or can we go t< tonally we Will try and think up project are assigned to the farm man-
1. T h e b a n k er ca n a rr a n g e w ith the tlnue as so g re at a m enace to hum ane
D e p artm en t o f th e In te rio r,
c
o
u
n
ty
a
g
e
n
t
or
th
e
s
p
e
c
ia
lis
t
o
f
th
e
a
g
r
i
4:17 fo r e x ac t know ledge o f the origii
agem ent specialist, those desiring to c u ltu r a l ’c o lle g e for o r g a n is in g a club.
life. It Is know ledge of th ese rules,
loiiie more
U. S. Lund Office a t Vale, O regon,
carry on th e legume project to the
2. P lan to p r e se n t v a rio u s ty p e s o f club and care in th e ir application which
o f e arly civilisation, nor doas the story
Given
Foot
by
Ball
High
School
Boys
In plain language, this means
that.in the opinion of his author
ity, the story of creation and th*
fall of man is not literally true,
and would disprove ita claim of
being the word of God.
A study of the account of the
Book of Daniel by this same
authority is both illuminating
and interesting. It seems that
this book was not written by
Daniel, but by some unknown
writer during the Maccabeean
age, about the middle of the
second century before Christ.
As this was hundreds of years
after the time many of Daniel’s
prophecies was supposed to
cover it may in part account for
the accuracy with which the
writer waa able to foretell them
Hind sight is much easier than
foresight. Take for instance
the four beasts that aroae out of
the aea. It is agreed, we be
lieve, that these beasts repre
sented the kingdoms of Babylon,
Medo-Peraia, Persia and Mace
donia. When it is known that
this prophecy waa make hun
dreds of years after these
kingdoms rose and fail much
Reasons for Belief
E ditor Jo u rn a l:
Allow me to offer a few word« In
»newer to your q uestion in Iss l w e ek 's
Journal a« lo who w rote the d ra t flee
looks of ih e Bible.
My first rea-on fu r believing th a t
Mn«es w rote th ese books is th e fa c t
th a t Je su s and th e apoetlea quoted
rom them and ascribed th e ir a u th o r
ship to Moses See L u k e "4:17 and 44;
• c ts 8:22 and 7:37, quoted from Deut.
'8:15 18. The Je w s gave gw r a t prom -
•'»nee to th e w ritin g s of Moses, but
’hey did not brin g th e ir lives in h a r
lot y w ith th e ir tea ch in g s, so J r s u s
aid to them “ do r o t think th a t I will
ecuse you to the F a th e r; th ere is rn e
chat arcu se s you. even MOSES, in
whom you tr u s t. F or had ye believed
4 OSes ye would have believed m e; for
HE WROTE OF ME. John 6:45 46.
The w rit n g s of Moses w ere largely
prophetic e f the com ing Messiah and
w ere recognised as such by th e d is
ciples John 1:46, re fe r to Gen. 3:15,
the first prophecy of th e com ing S a v
ior; also Gen. 49:l0.
A nother, and Ihe m oat conclusive
vide nee to me, of th a a u th e n tic ity of
\4nses’ w ritin g s i t the lite ral fulfill
n e n t of th e ir pro p h etic n tte ra n c a,
vnd tha fa c t th a t Je su s s>id th a t
osas w rote (h e m —and lie knows, fo r
tie w as the one who inspired them .
How ever, Je su s also said, " I f ye b -
lieve not h it (M otes’) w ritin g s how
hall ye believe my w ords, Jo h n 5:47.
80 I do not s«e, Mr. E ditor, as wa
can help you very m a rk a f te r all.
D. M acL afferly.
agronom y specialist, those Interested
In boys’ and g irls’ club work to the
Junior extension specialist, ahd so
forth.
? *
In counties th a t do have a county
agent a list of the banks and the proj
ects In which each I9 in te rested is
sent to him with a request th at he get
tn touch with the bankers and help
them in regard to the various projects.
The next step by tha college Is to
w rite to each banker on the list send
ing him project outlines and Inform
ing him th a t the county agent or a
specialist from the college will g et In
touch with him. If there Is no agent
In the county this letter reads as
follows:
U n ion S t a t s B a n g ,
B a n k v tlle.
G e n tle m e n — T o u w ttl find e n c lo se d a
b rie f o u tlin e o f -b e fa rm a c c o u n ts p r o ject
tn w hich you hr ve In d ica ted y o u r in t e r e s t
to y o u r S ta te A g r ic u ltu r a l C o m m itte e and
to th e A g r ic u ltu r a l C o m m issio n o f th a
A m eric a n B a n k e r s A sso c ia tio n .
I am aura t h a t th a s p e c ia lis t fro m tha
a g r ic u ltu r a l c o lle g e w ill be p lea sed to
a s s is t y o u In c a r r y in g o u t th a s u g g e s t io n s
In d ica ted
W e h a v e a sk e d h im to get
in to u ch w ith yo u .
D ire cto r, A g ric u ltu r a l E x te n s io n .
T he le tte r to bankers In counties
th a t do have a county agent Inform s
them th at be will get In touch with
them .
Suggests T h in g , the B anker Can Do
Tbe project outlines sent to each
ban k er give specific suggestions a s
to the things he can do to organize
the work tn his project, and the p art
he can take In carrying out the work.
The more sim ple and concrete the»«
A ll
(hirepradors
Benefit
THE BANKER-EDUCATOR PLAN TO
PROMOTE BETTER AGRICULTURE
o f B absl really a c c o u n t fo r th e origir
o f tb i diverse language« ”
THE MUTUAL
LIFE
w ork a t th e n e x t m e e tin g and p erfec t
th e o r g a n iz a tio n o f a lo ca l club .
3. B a n k e r m a y a c t a s local le a d e r o f
th e club.
4. C o o p e ra te w ith c o u n ty a g e n t or sp e
c ia lis t in a n n u a l " A c h ie v e m e n t D ay."
5. B a n k er m a y o ffer p riz es for club
w o rk or o th e r w is e a s s is t In fin a n cin g
sa m e.
Legume P roject
t. T h e b a n k er ca n g e t In fo rm a tio n from
c o u n ty a g e n t o r s p e c ia lis t from th e a g r i
c u ltu r a l c o lle g e on th e v a lu e o f a lfa lfa ,
s o y b ea n , or s w e e t c lo v e r cr o p s to fa rm er s
o f th e co m m u n ity .
2 A rra n g e for m e e tin g o f I n te rested
fa r m e r s w ith c o u n ty a g e n t or s p e c ia lis t.
3. A t t h is m e e tin g c o u n ty a g e n ts , s p e
c ia lis t s , or o th e r s w ill d is c u s s :
(a ) V a lu e o f crop.
(b ) S eed su p p ly and v a r ie tie s.
(c ) M eth o d s o f h a n d lin g th e crop.
(d ) U se and d is p o sitio n o f crop
4. P la n w ith c o u n ty a g e n t or s p e c ia lis t
m e e tin g s and d e m o n str a tio n s on p lo ts or
field s.
5 . S ec u r e e x h ib it s fo r c o m m u n ity or
c o u n ty fa ir .
*
Cow T esting Association«
1. T h e b a n k er ca n a r r a n g e w ith c o u n ty
a g e n t o r s p e c ia lis t fro m a g r ic u ltu r a l c o l
le g e fo r m e e tin g o f I n te rested g ro u p o f
fa r m e r s In th e c o m m u n ity fo r th e purpoao
o f o r g a n iz in g a co w t e s tin g a s so c ia tio n .
2. B a n k er m a y a c t a s lea d er, and w ith
c o u n ty a g e n t or s p e c ia lis t plan to v is it
p r o s p e c tiv e fa r m e r s w h o m a y Join tin«
a s so c ia tio n .
3 O r g a n ize for w ork and a s s is t in s e
c u r in g t e s t in g e q u ip m en t a n d o th e r m a
t e r ia ls w h e n e v e r n e c e ss a r y .
4 C all m e e tin g s p erio d ica lly to d iscu s«
a s s o c ia tio n b u s in e ss a n d hold p ic n ic s or
to u r s
6. B a n k er w ith c o u n ty a g e n t o r s p e c ia l
ist m a y a rr a n g e for C. T A. b ooth a t
or Munty
rx,T
IT1n,
c TOmmunlty
o m m u n ity or
c o u n ty fa
ir g , iv
in g te stin g
CHRISTMAS SEALS AID
TUBERCULOSIS FIGHT
will eventually overcom e tuberculosis.
It la the trem endous progress in this
direction which has m ade possible Ihe
60% reduction In the tuberculosis death
ra te tn the U nited S ta te s w ithin the
last IS years, and the 23% reduction In
O regon's ra te w ithin tbe last ten years.
C hristm as S eals finance th e cam
palgn of the Oregon Tuberculosis As
sociation which Is specificly designed
to m eet the need of teaching health.
Public H ealth nurses are put lato the
field In Oregon.
H ealth teaching Is
taken Into the Oregon schools. L iter
a tu re ts distributed, exhibits a re pre
pared. and every known channel of
teaching health is employed.
T he objective of the health teach
ing Is to overcom e tuberculosis by
strik in g at its vulnerable spot.
U nited S ta te s B a n k N o tts
The United S tates government ha*
never Issued $3 bills. S tate hank
were Issued before Ju n e 3, 1S84, whet
the national banking system went ini
effect. Large concerns, banking housoa
produce dealer», etc.. Issued notes at
all denominations, and they are c# n-
value today as fa r as the g o v e rn m « ’
1* concerned. They were redeem *
only by the concern by which the}
were Issued.
,
j demonstrations and explaining work of
1 association.
M a tt B e P ul to U se
j T his co n stitu tes tha prelim inary
C haracter Is the result of the rnltl
! w ork by the college which paves the ra tio n of the highest and noblest
| way for constructive work by the qualities In hum an natnre. and pnttlnz
! b ankers In banker-farm er projects.
these qualities to practical use.—Ells
W heeler WUcox.
Seat of M ig h ty
«fi Sam e P r o f e s s io n
T he British throne Is tn the heute of
I k e bride, tbe bridegroom, rhe beat lerda, separated from tha woolsack by
a n . two biideam alds sa d the uncle ef a b r a n rail, except when the sovereign
OM bride who gave her away were all
la preaent. It Is a Gothic chair, made
d arto re at a recent m arriage cerei
or aok. and occupied by tha king when
D ecem ber 4, 1925.
N otice is hereby given th a t John
McGivern. of O ntario, O regon, who,
on M ay 4, IS08, m ade d e se rt land en
try No 0791, fo r SE J S E i, fa c tio n 15.
Township 21 South, R an g e 46 E ast,
W illam ette M eriuian, has filed notice
oi in ten tio n to m u se final proof under
3rd p a ra g ra p h of A ct M arch 4, 1915,
to e stab lish claim to th e la id above
described, b efore the R e g iste r U. 8.
L ard Office, a t Vale, Oregon, on the
U th day of Ja n u a ry , 1926
C laim ant n am es as w itr esses:
R o b e rt B a rre tt, of P arm a, Idaho.
John Holly, Dolly M cCreary, both
of A drian, Oregon, W alter Piukaton,
of Owyhee, Oregon
Gee. W. M cK night, R egister.
H ow I t S ta rted
Origin of a fam ous expression. First
to u rist to to u r sta te la taken through
forest reserve. He viewe acre after
acre of hemlock. ’’Gosh all hem locks!'
bq observe»,—H arrisb u rg Pa-risH-
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